6That thou enquirest after mine iniquity, and searchest after my sin?
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For now thou numberest my steps: dost thou not watch over my sin?
Shall not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
Break thou the arm of the wicked and the evil man: seek out his wickedness till thou find none.
And it shall come to pass at that time, that I will search Jerusalem with candles, and punish the men that are settled on their lees: that say in their heart, The LORD will not do good, neither will he do evil.
Also in thy skirts is found the blood of the souls of the poor innocents: I have not found it by secret search, but upon all these.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-7)Here is, I. A passionate resolution to persist in his complaint, Job 10:1. Being daunted with the dread of God’s majesty, so that he could not plead his cause with him, he resolves to give himself some ease by giving vent to his resentments. He begins with vehement language: “ My soul is weary of my life , weary of this body, and impatient to get clear of it, fallen out with life, and displeased a…
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